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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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